It's not just lessons in hand-to-hand combat. New soldiers are taught coping strategies, texting etiquette, and the signs of ...

The Drill Sergeant of the Year competition physically and mentally challenges competitors from each of the U.S. Army Centers of Excellence, the U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Academy and each of the U.S ...

The Army is investigating how a soldier died in a “non-training-related incident" during downtime at basic infantry training.

Drill sergeants are masters of training the POI and have been finely honed by the USADSA to expertly train basic Soldier skills. However, without a focus on tactical leadership and survivability ...

This structure gives young soldiers firsthand field experience while keeping drill sergeants sharp on basic soldiering and ...

Retired US Army drill sergeant Lamont Christian rates more ... He breaks down the realism of training outside basic combat training, such as the Navy SEALs' training in "American Sniper," starring ...

At the Army base in Columbia, South Carolina, where about half of new U.S. soldiers train for combat, basic training would be unrecognizable to a soldier of a different era. Drill sergeants now ...

Retired US Army drill sergeant Lamont Christian rates US military ... with 11 years in the basic-training environment. He retired in 2018 as the command sergeant major of Fort Jackson, the Army's ...